A sort ofEmergency service Armed forces He has now returned to Germany after performing an evacuation mission at Kabul Airport. As announced by the Ministry of Defense on Thursday night, approximately 600 soldiers participating in the operation will be received at the military airport in Winstorff at 4 pm on Friday. It is expected that Secretary of Defense Annegrett Kramp-Karenbauer (CDU), Inspector General Eberhard Zorn, Defense Commissioner Eva Hogel of the German Bundestag and other politicians are expected to arrive.
Shortly before 1 am, the last A400M transport plane landed safely at Frankfurt Airport. As the Ministry of Defense said on Twitter, due to the security situation in Kabul, it is impossible to extend the airlift. “But we will continue to take care of those who still need protection,” the ministry said.
Paratroopers from Germany, Tashkent and Kabul airports, soldiers from the Special Forces Command (KSK), military police, crisis support teams, paramedics, military police, air force members and other Bundeswehr experts all participated in the rescue operation in Kabul. Since August 16, Germany has joined other countries in bringing German citizens, local Afghan workers and their families, and other people in need of protection to safety. According to the Ministry of National Defense, the German Bundeswehr has taken 37 flights from Kabul to more than 5,300 people from at least 45 countries.
